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ones that folk cause is over they will ted to chicago with local law enforcement on patrol. they are already there and some businesses are boarding up as a precaution. >> it is a little glass here and they just want to be safe than sorry. >> the summit will address it for $4 billion and aid. obama administration has invited them in hopes they would not get it contributing to most of the money. minorities make up more than half the children in the united states and just about 50% of all babies born were minorities. according to the u.s. a data that is compared to 1990. all children under the age of 5 under the sepsis are mine -- census are minorities. >>> a local park is being destroyed by vandals. a part of the park is being covered in rock spray paint. it only has been destroyed by wind rain and sun for 50 million years and park workers say it is frustrating to see what happened. >> it is frustrating not knowing what it was like naturally. >> not knowing how long it took for these form makes and how quickly they can be destroyed. but leaving the graffiti seems to encourage
ones that folk cause is over they will ted to chicago with local law enforcement on patrol. they are already there and some businesses are boarding up as a precaution. >> it is a little glass here and they just want to be safe than sorry. >> the summit will address it for $4 billion and aid. obama administration has invited them in hopes they would not get it contributing to most of the money. minorities make up more than half the children in the united states and just about 50% of...
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the health care law gives us a yearly wellness visit to talk with our doctor about our care. medicare also covers recommended cancer and prevention screenings. plus, fifty percent off brand name prescription drugs... if you're in the donut hole. so i can get the prescriptions i need... to stay healthy. word sure gets around. [ male announcer ] tell your friends and family. learn more at medicare.gov or call 1-800-medicare. share the news. share the health! >> alex smith! touchdown! >>gary: maybe if he saw tim tebow? if you've not seen the highlights? here we go! there will be talking about this. with harbough getting ready and dante bomb! pierre leaves the game with a head injury and the last plyoff team with the least amount of turnovers. seven-zero = san francisco. to 99 interest , interestbreez and you thing with two interceptions, fumble recoveries, three different sacks and breez is one of the best smyth to crabtree. moments later, breez stirs to go to work throwing 63 times. one here to marcus, completing the 40 at over 400 yds with four touchdowns. harbough had to with
the health care law gives us a yearly wellness visit to talk with our doctor about our care. medicare also covers recommended cancer and prevention screenings. plus, fifty percent off brand name prescription drugs... if you're in the donut hole. so i can get the prescriptions i need... to stay healthy. word sure gets around. [ male announcer ] tell your friends and family. learn more at medicare.gov or call 1-800-medicare. share the news. share the health! >> alex smith! touchdown!...
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they are now working on a list of protesters who will be require by law to stay away. >> that would be district attorney, she is prepared -- she is doing it, actually. to really go after -- against the people that were arrested 2- 3 times. >> reporter: those restraining orders have to be okayed by a judge. we will have more at 6:00 and who leaders called this weekend for help. reporting live, patty lee, ktvu channel 2 news. >>> you saw some of the pressure washing there, that wasn't all. our cruise headed over to city hall and found lot of people sweeping up, removing graffiti. you see the word revenge spray painted there. lot of people, including the mayor said these are outsiders coming into oakland and causing problems and damage. and we wanted to know if that is the case. today we got a list of the people who were arrested and taken to the jail in oakland and these are the names. we highlighted the people who live in oakland. there are four on this page and there are people from denver, colorado, so again, we went through the list, person by person and there are 45% of those e.r.a.
they are now working on a list of protesters who will be require by law to stay away. >> that would be district attorney, she is prepared -- she is doing it, actually. to really go after -- against the people that were arrested 2- 3 times. >> reporter: those restraining orders have to be okayed by a judge. we will have more at 6:00 and who leaders called this weekend for help. reporting live, patty lee, ktvu channel 2 news. >>> you saw some of the pressure washing there,...
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the 1996 law passed by congress defines marriage as the union of a man and a woman and denies government benefits to same-sex couples. the decision is in response to a lawsuit by a staff attorney of the ninth u.s. circuit court who sued the government because she couldn't enroll her wife under her health insurance plan. the san francisco judge is the second federal judge to strike down the defense of marriage act. students in the pepper spray incident at uc davis now suing. video of the incident shows campus police aggressively spying protesters who were holding a peaceful demonstration. some of the students have now filed a federal lawsuit against uc davis and its president and the campus police department. >> i want some answers to what happened. looking forward there can be meaningful policy changes. >> i want the university to be a place where activism is encouraged, it's not just tolerated. >> the students say any damages awarded will be used to set up a scholarship fund. >> instead of their alarm clocks through neighborhoods have been waking up to the sound of gun fire. someone fir
the 1996 law passed by congress defines marriage as the union of a man and a woman and denies government benefits to same-sex couples. the decision is in response to a lawsuit by a staff attorney of the ninth u.s. circuit court who sued the government because she couldn't enroll her wife under her health insurance plan. the san francisco judge is the second federal judge to strike down the defense of marriage act. students in the pepper spray incident at uc davis now suing. video of the...
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it also says more than $67,000 in extravagant gifts may violent state and federal laws and that some expenses expose the port to tax liabilities. >> it's something that we take seriously and are not gonna close our eyes to. we're gonna look at it and make sure mistakes of the past are not repeated. >> quan is the second executive to step down. omar benjamin refired last month -- retired last month. the two wracked up $5,000 of charges at a strip club. the money has been repaid. >>> there is a critical meeting taking place in a couple of hours in the crabbing situation. brian flores has more. >> reporter: good afternoon. the question of whether kresh crab was gonna be served in time for christmastime appears to have been answered. it appears there's been an agreement between crab fisherman and brokers. now what, was at stake was the price per bound. fish brokers wanted to drop the price at below $3 and the owners thought $lee low $3. there was -- belee $3. there was a scheduled -- below $3. there was a scheduled meeting but it's been pushed back. the exact details are not released but
it also says more than $67,000 in extravagant gifts may violent state and federal laws and that some expenses expose the port to tax liabilities. >> it's something that we take seriously and are not gonna close our eyes to. we're gonna look at it and make sure mistakes of the past are not repeated. >> quan is the second executive to step down. omar benjamin refired last month -- retired last month. the two wracked up $5,000 of charges at a strip club. the money has been repaid....
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rob roth looks at proposition 36 that takes aim at california's strict three strikes law. here at san quentin prison. for these inmates it's three strikes and they're in for life. what you're seeing is a weekly group therapy program run by convicts called hope for three strikers. >> after my military stent i started using cocaine and it was all bad after that. >> reporter: these are just a few dozen of the 8,000 california inmates serving life sentences under three strikes a law approved by voters in 1994, but proposition 36 on this november's ballot would modify three strikes. it would require the third strike to be not just for any felony but for a violent or serious crime. if the measure passes some 3,000 three strikers could be released if the judge agrees. one of the odds of mcsween. his strikes one and two are for burglary, the third petty theft. >> i've learned, i want to live my life and i don't want to live it here. i think i have too much to offer to society out there. >> reporter: michael romano is the coauthor of proposition 36. >> there's too many people that
rob roth looks at proposition 36 that takes aim at california's strict three strikes law. here at san quentin prison. for these inmates it's three strikes and they're in for life. what you're seeing is a weekly group therapy program run by convicts called hope for three strikers. >> after my military stent i started using cocaine and it was all bad after that. >> reporter: these are just a few dozen of the 8,000 california inmates serving life sentences under three strikes a law...
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president obama has broke in his promise to leave medical marijuana operations alone as long as they obey laws. >> on everything i have ever had anything to do with with overcomply less than the number, we pay our taxes regularly, we are good people you know, it is insane what they are doing. >> the protest is held in connection with 4-20 day, april 20th is a day associated with marijuana smoking, it is believed that 4-20 began in 1971 at san rafael where some students would meet every day after school at 4:20 to light up. >>> bail was set today for george zimmerman, the man charged with shooting trayvon martin, bail was set at $150,000. if zimmerman can make bail he has been ordered to wear some type of gps monitoring device. he has already already surrendered his passport, his attorney is asking he be allowed to live out of state because of threats to he and his family. he is charged with second- degree murder for the shooting death of trayvon martin. at this morning's bail hearing he made his first public comments and apologized directly to martin's parents. >> i wanted to say i am sorry fo
president obama has broke in his promise to leave medical marijuana operations alone as long as they obey laws. >> on everything i have ever had anything to do with with overcomply less than the number, we pay our taxes regularly, we are good people you know, it is insane what they are doing. >> the protest is held in connection with 4-20 day, april 20th is a day associated with marijuana smoking, it is believed that 4-20 began in 1971 at san rafael where some students would meet...
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: the epa says is found 10,000 times the number of pcbs in redwood creek than is allowed by federal law. >> we're asking sim's metal, by in summing -- coming monday, the 1th of january send us a plan of how they will ensure there's no more violations of the clean water act and at the same time clean up the mess. >> they are a very valuable company to the port and community and we plan to work with them and epa to ensure that they are in compliance with all of the rules and regulations that they are required to meet. >> the epa says it could be find $35,000 a day if they don't submit a plan to fix the problem. you take one quick look at the worker. they are wearing masks over their mouths to cover any dirt and/or contamination they might be exposed to. reporting like in redwood city, kraig debro, ktvu channel 2 news. >> thank you, kraig. >>> sim's shreds roughly 300,000 a year along with appliances and other metal products. the bay area air quality district fined the company $20,000 for a huge fire five years ago. this is video of the fire back in april of 2007. the flames sent a large p
: the epa says is found 10,000 times the number of pcbs in redwood creek than is allowed by federal law. >> we're asking sim's metal, by in summing -- coming monday, the 1th of january send us a plan of how they will ensure there's no more violations of the clean water act and at the same time clean up the mess. >> they are a very valuable company to the port and community and we plan to work with them and epa to ensure that they are in compliance with all of the rules and...
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interest include election law, administrative law, statutory interpretation, constitutional law and property and natural resources law. he is a resident of san francisco's mission district. we are honored to work chris almendorf. [ applause ] >> thank you very much and thank you to all of the candidates who are here today. we're very fortunate to be joined by six candidates and what i hope will soon be seven. all of the candidates have agreed to ask their supporters to be respectful of other candidates and the audience and to maintain quiet during the forum. i ask you to respect that commitment. every aspect of this forum will be equally fair to all participating candidates. as everyone here knows candidate debates are often limited to latitudinal appears and personal attack. our debate focuses on critical areas of policy disagreement among the leading candidates. so this end the league of women voters of san francisco and the san francisco public press working with researchers at uc davis, developed an issue position survey for the supervisorial candidates. the candidates were asked to stat
interest include election law, administrative law, statutory interpretation, constitutional law and property and natural resources law. he is a resident of san francisco's mission district. we are honored to work chris almendorf. [ applause ] >> thank you very much and thank you to all of the candidates who are here today. we're very fortunate to be joined by six candidates and what i hope will soon be seven. all of the candidates have agreed to ask their supporters to be respectful of...
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i'd also like to thank the 200 volunteer attorneys, law students and interpreters who manage the help lines and staff, the five workers rights clinics that the legal aid society runs, the many law firms, including all of you who provide us with a wide range of pro bono advice and counsel, our many donors, businesses and members of legal communities, foundations and individuals. and the attorneys who designate the legal aid society as recipients of the fund and finally our committed colleagues on the board of directors who help steer the society with their leadership. finally, i'd like to express special thanks to the 17 firms who are recognized on the screen and also in the program book who continue to participate in the time-honored addition of per attorney giving to the annual fund. that tradition and commitment is especially meaningful in these economic times when people have been cutting back a little bit on donations. thank you very, very much for joining us. and now please welcome my fellow board member, the tireless and hard-working esteemed chair of the luncheon committee, the
i'd also like to thank the 200 volunteer attorneys, law students and interpreters who manage the help lines and staff, the five workers rights clinics that the legal aid society runs, the many law firms, including all of you who provide us with a wide range of pro bono advice and counsel, our many donors, businesses and members of legal communities, foundations and individuals. and the attorneys who designate the legal aid society as recipients of the fund and finally our committed colleagues...
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for another example, another law reform case, we celebrate our enormous victory in enjoying california from denying the benefits of long-term care insurance, relying on the unconstitutional defense of marriage act. [applause] >> to deny the benefits of long-term insurance to same-sex spouses and register domestic partners, depriving them of long-term care at a moment in their lives when they are the most vulnerable to the effects of poverty. among the clients we assisted this year are nail salon workers who were not only denied minimum wage over time but were on top of all that assessed $20 every time they spoke vietnamese to each other. they are restaurant workers fired for speaking spanish in the witch. they are caregivers who were paid what amounted to less than $3 an hour for 17 hour-long days. they are house painters who contracted lead poisoning and took it home to their toddlers and they are undocumented workers who are reported to immigration authorities simply for inquiring about minimum wage, or on the other hand, paid cents on the dollar simply because their employers know t
for another example, another law reform case, we celebrate our enormous victory in enjoying california from denying the benefits of long-term care insurance, relying on the unconstitutional defense of marriage act. [applause] >> to deny the benefits of long-term insurance to same-sex spouses and register domestic partners, depriving them of long-term care at a moment in their lives when they are the most vulnerable to the effects of poverty. among the clients we assisted this year are...
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and they increasingly targeted policy demanding revision of conscription and tax laws. and all of this evidence of poor white women's new politics has been there all along. moldering in the archives, historians have missed it for generations. but nobody missed what happened next. in the spring of 1863, soldiers' wives took direct action in a wave of spectacular food riots that hit the south from mobile to richmond. mobs of women numbering from a dozen to more than 300 and armed with navy rekofrlers, pistols, repeaters, bowie knives and hatchets, carried out 12 violent attacks. there are rumors of more, on stores, government warehouses, army convoys, railroad depots, salt works and granaries. the attacks occurred in broad day light. they were all perpetrated in the space of one month. between the middle of march and middle of april 1863. conspiracy theories abounded. this must have been the work of men. right? yankee operatives, the southern papers said. in most cases we don't know how these riots were organized, but in richmond, the biggest, we do. as it turns out, it w
and they increasingly targeted policy demanding revision of conscription and tax laws. and all of this evidence of poor white women's new politics has been there all along. moldering in the archives, historians have missed it for generations. but nobody missed what happened next. in the spring of 1863, soldiers' wives took direct action in a wave of spectacular food riots that hit the south from mobile to richmond. mobs of women numbering from a dozen to more than 300 and armed with navy...
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would that person have violated a federal law? >> no. our position is that that person should give the answer no. >> and that's because -- >> if they don't pay the tax, they violated a federal law. >> but as long as they have paid the penalty. >> they paid the tax they are in compliance with the law. >> why do you keep saying tax? >> if they pay the tax penalty it complies with the law. thank you. >> the penalty. >> suppose a person who has been receiving medical care in an emergency room, has no health insurance, but over the years goes to the emergency room, a person wants medical care, goes to the emergency room and the hospital says fine, you're eligible for medicaid, enroll in medicaid and the person says no, i don't want that, i want to continue to get just get care here from the emergency room. will the hospital be able to point to the mandate and say well, you're obligated to enroll. >> no, i don't think so, justice ali alito, for the same reason i just gave. i think that the answer in that situation is that that person, assuming
would that person have violated a federal law? >> no. our position is that that person should give the answer no. >> and that's because -- >> if they don't pay the tax, they violated a federal law. >> but as long as they have paid the penalty. >> they paid the tax they are in compliance with the law. >> why do you keep saying tax? >> if they pay the tax penalty it complies with the law. thank you. >> the penalty. >> suppose a person who has...
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and the town was butt under marshal law. and it was a brief ugly episode in a time for the town when it was doing very well and when many people had new jobs is and there was new money and new prosperity. it was a tragic time for bo month when there was a time of growth and development.
and the town was butt under marshal law. and it was a brief ugly episode in a time for the town when it was doing very well and when many people had new jobs is and there was new money and new prosperity. it was a tragic time for bo month when there was a time of growth and development.
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davis, at the time, seemed to be leaning more towards a career in the law, but his brother was extremely influential in his life. in fact, after their father had died when davis was a teenager, his brother, who was about 20 years older than he was, almost took over as his father figure. so off davis went to west pointe. he didn't exactly distinguish himself at west pointe. his grades were not great but he did graduate and he entered the army. he served about seven years in the united states army as a young officer. like many young ambitious men, he eventually left army left in the 1820s and '30s, was static, somewhat boring from the young ambitious man, and davis left partly because he was a young, ambitious man and partly because he wanted to get married. he met sarah knox taylor, the daughter of zachary taylor, who of course later became president of the united states, but at this time taylor, zachary taylor was a colonel in the army and davis' commanding officer. zachary taylor didn't want his daughters marrying military men. he knew how hard that life could be, but davis resigned fro
davis, at the time, seemed to be leaning more towards a career in the law, but his brother was extremely influential in his life. in fact, after their father had died when davis was a teenager, his brother, who was about 20 years older than he was, almost took over as his father figure. so off davis went to west pointe. he didn't exactly distinguish himself at west pointe. his grades were not great but he did graduate and he entered the army. he served about seven years in the united states...
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and the town was put under martial law. it was a brief, ugly episode in a time for the town when it was doing very well and when many people had new jobs and there was new money and new prosperity. so, it was a tragic thing for beaumont in a time of growth and development. >> announcer: this week on the civil war, a panel discussion on the career of historian and author james mcpherson. friends, colleagues and students of the notable historian. this two-hour event took place in chicago at the historical society's annual meeting. >> i'm honored to chair this session, j m
and the town was put under martial law. it was a brief, ugly episode in a time for the town when it was doing very well and when many people had new jobs and there was new money and new prosperity. so, it was a tragic thing for beaumont in a time of growth and development. >> announcer: this week on the civil war, a panel discussion on the career of historian and author james mcpherson. friends, colleagues and students of the notable historian. this two-hour event took place in chicago at...
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interest include election law, administrative law, statutory interpretation, constitutional law and property and natural resources law. he is a resident of san francisco's mission district. we are honored to work chris almendorf. [ applause ] >> thank you very much and thank you to all of the candidates who are here today. we're very fortunate to be joined by six candidates and what i hope will soon be seven. all of the candidates have agreed to ask their supporters to be respectful of other candidates and the audience and to maintain quiet during the forum. i ask you to respect that commitment. every aspect of this forum will be equally fair to all participating candidates. as everyone here knows candidate debates are often limited to latitudinal appears and personal attack. our debate focuses on critical areas of policy disagreement among the leading candidates. so this end the league of women voters of san francisco and the san francisco public press working with researchers at uc davis, developed an issue position survey for the supervisorial candidates. the candidates were asked to stat
interest include election law, administrative law, statutory interpretation, constitutional law and property and natural resources law. he is a resident of san francisco's mission district. we are honored to work chris almendorf. [ applause ] >> thank you very much and thank you to all of the candidates who are here today. we're very fortunate to be joined by six candidates and what i hope will soon be seven. all of the candidates have agreed to ask their supporters to be respectful of...
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we come up with new laws with gang injunction and the idea of stop and frisk and we have laws on the books already, but what we need is that we need police presence. we need community programs and also we need new ideas. if you talk about the end of the park at stanon, what is going on there now, i have been talking in the campaign because i think what is interesting is the idea of haight street museum. it's been tried before, but the haight street is an historical area and a museum really changing the way that area is and activating that area. i keep putting that out there, because that is something that i would propose as supervisor. >> thank you. mr. davis? >> the sit/lie law is a perfect example of trying to address a symptom without curing the disease. we have massive inequitis in our society. that is apparent from the number of homeless people that we see on our streets in san francisco and it's a problem that is not just a san francisco problem. it's a problem that is experienced statewide. it's a national problem. and i think we need leaders at city hall who will be willing t
we come up with new laws with gang injunction and the idea of stop and frisk and we have laws on the books already, but what we need is that we need police presence. we need community programs and also we need new ideas. if you talk about the end of the park at stanon, what is going on there now, i have been talking in the campaign because i think what is interesting is the idea of haight street museum. it's been tried before, but the haight street is an historical area and a museum really...
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the regulators were those that tried to enforce some sort of sense of law and order in the prison. they often protected those that had wells. if you owned a well in the prison you were basically a king among these inmates. and those that kind of owned the well could find ways of getting stock in it by owning enough extra rations or enough extra lumber. essentially a capitalistic system emerged among the union prisoners with the regulators being the law enforcement. the other gang was known as the raiders. this was a gang of people who were the strongest among the prisoners that would raid other mess mates and steal their provisions. eventually the war between the regulators and regulators got so severe that the regulators went to the commandant and asked him for batons, they got the batons, they regulated the system. they captured a number of raiders and they even tried them and hanged six of them for crimes against their fellow prisoners. this inmate sketch by sneaden is showing the six men hanging from the scaffold. werts was fined with the execution of prisoners by fellow prison
the regulators were those that tried to enforce some sort of sense of law and order in the prison. they often protected those that had wells. if you owned a well in the prison you were basically a king among these inmates. and those that kind of owned the well could find ways of getting stock in it by owning enough extra rations or enough extra lumber. essentially a capitalistic system emerged among the union prisoners with the regulators being the law enforcement. the other gang was known as...
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there is a lot of new laws in effect this new year. one of the most controversial laws taking effect in 2012 includes child safety in cars. children are required to be vanned into booster seats until the age of eight. now in the past booster seats were mandated for children until they reached age six or weighed 60 pounds which ever came first. almost every parent has an opinion on the new law. >> we want them to be as safe as possible and as long as possible. nathan do you want to sit in a booster seat again? no. >> other laws are targeting teenagers they cannot happen in a tanning booth or buy certain could have medicines. california schools must teach about gay and lesbians in the classroom and must have a plan to stop bullying. school districts are required to come one a detailed plan to address concussions that have suffered by student athletes. >>> 5:37. a lot of people have today off. let's get to sal. you have seen it on the roads already. >> yeah. it's pretty light. i would say today just enough people have the day off. those o
there is a lot of new laws in effect this new year. one of the most controversial laws taking effect in 2012 includes child safety in cars. children are required to be vanned into booster seats until the age of eight. now in the past booster seats were mandated for children until they reached age six or weighed 60 pounds which ever came first. almost every parent has an opinion on the new law. >> we want them to be as safe as possible and as long as possible. nathan do you want to sit in...
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the united states also had that provision in its conscription law. this created an outcry in the confederacy claiming it would lead to a rich man's war, but a poor man's fight. and so davis and the congress abolished this substitution provision in 1863, and the abolition of substitution also said all those who bought substitution, they were now liable for the draft. so they didn't escape. the united states, on the other hand, never gave up the substitution provision. as a veteran of antebellum mississippi politics, davis knew full well, full well the danger of even seeming to favor the rich. he never envisioned a rich man's war with poor man doing the fighting. tax policy in the confederacy also shifted. congress enacted a progressive income tax and placed a 10% tax in kind on agricultural products with the proceeds to be distributed among slave -- among soldiers' families. in addition, the president hailed efforts by the states and localities to assist those deprived by the war. the confederacy surely did fall short of fulfilling needs for assistanc
the united states also had that provision in its conscription law. this created an outcry in the confederacy claiming it would lead to a rich man's war, but a poor man's fight. and so davis and the congress abolished this substitution provision in 1863, and the abolition of substitution also said all those who bought substitution, they were now liable for the draft. so they didn't escape. the united states, on the other hand, never gave up the substitution provision. as a veteran of antebellum...